doc/doc-txt/NewStuff: note the ratelimit changes.

[exim.git] / test / README

diff --git a/test/README b/test/README
index e9cc10dfba9235828248402a8feedb7a1f8d479b..5404488d2fdffa94f2f4ee5a15c32e746335b732 100644 (file)
--- a/test/README
+++ b/test/README
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@ In order to run this test suite, the following requirements must be met:
     tracks the two users independently.  Using the same user would result
     in false positives on some tests.
 
+    Further, some tests invoke sudo in an environment where there might not be
+    a TTY, so tickets should be global, not per-TTY.  Taking this all together
+    and assuming a user of "exim-build", you might have this in sudoers:
+
+      Defaults:exim-build     timestamp_timeout=480,!tty_tickets
+
 (3) The login under which you run the tests must be in the exim group so that
     it has access to logs, spool files, etc. The login should not be one of the
     names "userx", "usery", "userz", or a few other simple ones such as "abcd"
@@ -108,6 +114,18 @@ In order to run this test suite, the following requirements must be met:
     interface; when one is not found, some tests are skipped (with a warning
     message).
 
+(9) Exim must be built with TRUSTED_CONFIG_LIST support, so that the test
+    configs can be placed into it. DISABLE_D_OPTION must not be used. If
+    ALT_CONFIG_PREFIX is used, it must contain the directory of the test-suite.
+    WHITELIST_D_MACROS should contain:
+    
+     DIR:EXIM_PATH:AA:ACL:ACLRCPT:ACL_MAIL:ACL_PREDATA:ACL_RCPT:AFFIX:ALLOW:ARG1:ARG2:AUTHF:AUTHS:AUTH_ID_DOMAIN:BAD:BANNER:BB:BR:BRB:CERT:COM:COMMAND_USER:CONNECTCOND:CONTROL:CREQCIP:CREQMAC:CRL:CSS:D6:DATA:DCF:DDF:DEFAULTDWC:DELAY:DETAILS:DRATELIMIT:DYNAMIC_OPTION:ELI:ERROR_DETAILS:ERT:FAKE:FALLBACK:FILTER:FILTER_PREPEND_HOME:FORBID:FORBID_SMTP_CODE:FUSER:HAI:HAP:HARDLIMIT:HEADER_LINE_MAXSIZE:HEADER_MAXSIZE:HELO_MSG:HL:HOSTS:HOSTS_AVOID_TLS:HOSTS_MAX_TRY:HVH:IFACE:IGNORE_QUOTA:INC:INSERT:IP1:IP2:LAST:LDAPSERVERS:LENCHECK:LIMIT:LIST:LOG_SELECTOR:LS:MAXNM:MESSAGE_LOGS:MSIZE:NOTDAEMON:ONCE:ONLY:OPT:OPTION:ORDER:PAH:PEX:PORT:PTBC:QDG:QOLL:QUOTA:QUOTA_FILECOUNT:QWM:RCPT_MSG:REMEMBER:REQUIRE:RETRY:RETRY1:RETRY2:RETURN:RETURN_ERROR_DETAILS:REWRITE:ROUTE_DATA:RRATELIMIT:RT:S:SELECTOR:SELF:SERVER:SERVERS:SREQCIP:SREQMAC:SRV:STD:STRICT:SUB:SUBMISSION_OPTIONS:TIMEOUTDEFER:TIMES:TRUSTED:TRYCLEAR:UL:USE_SENDER:UTF8:VALUE:WMF:X:Y
+
+(10) Exim must *not* be built with USE_READLINE, as the test-suite's automation
+     assumes the simpler I/O model.
+     Exim must *not* be built with HEADERS_CHARSET set to UTF-8.
+
+
 
 OPTIONAL EXTRAS
 ---------------
@@ -129,9 +147,11 @@ RUNNING THE TEST SUITE
 (3) Run "./configure" and then "make". This builds a few auxiliary programs
     that are written in C.
 
-(4) Run "./runtest" (a Perl script) as described below.
+(4) echo $PWD/test-config >> your_TRUSTED_CONFIG_LIST_filename
+
+(5) Run "./runtest" (a Perl script) as described below.
 
-(5) If you want to see what tests are available, run "./listtests".
+(6) If you want to see what tests are available, run "./listtests".
 
 
 BREAKING OUT OF THE TEST SCRIPT